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how to Configure Exchange 2003 with iphone 3g

Asked by: wiechc

I have found similar people in my situation. Using Iphone 3g via Activesync for email. Iphone appears properly configured with domain\username, server name. I (and others) do not receive any error message on iphone.

I read an article for treo user who said to uncheck require ssl on the exhange object in IIS. Once I did this I was to sync. However am I not defeating the purpose of SSL by not requiring it????
If I am to require SSL and can not sync. what other steps can I take?

thanks.

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2008-07-12 at 14:27:37ID23560049
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Exchange 2003 & Active Sync

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2003

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Activesync Iphone 3g

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Exchange Email Server

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Secure Socket Layer (SSL) & HTTPS

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Answers

 

by: 50centosPosted on 2008-07-12 at 18:03:10ID: 21990936

I ran into the same issue as you. I'm giving my iPhone users the option to use IMAP over SSL.

 

by: 50centosPosted on 2008-07-12 at 18:03:49ID: 21990938

What I listed above is not the solution, just an option.

 

by: kieran_bPosted on 2008-07-12 at 18:57:02ID: 21991042

There is a HUGE difference between USING SSL and requiring it - keep that box unticked

 

by: iextremePosted on 2008-07-13 at 12:16:54ID: 21993794

What steps did yo utake to switch off requiring SSL within Exchange?

 

by: wiechcPosted on 2008-07-13 at 14:45:43ID: 21994348

opened IIS, expanded web sites, right click on exchange virtual folder. chose properties. on security tab, unchecked ssl required.

I believe I'm eliminating the use of ssl thus I don't think my connection is encrypted. but that is beyond my knowledge.

 

by: kieran_bPosted on 2008-07-13 at 15:07:02ID: 21994440

>>I believe I'm eliminating the use of ssl thus I don't think my connection is encrypted. but that is beyond my knowledge.

That is a common misconception - as I said earlier, you don't have to REQUIRE SSL to use it.  Close port 80, leave require ssl unticked, and the only way in will be 443 (HTTPS) meaning you are encrypted.

 

by: wiechcPosted on 2008-07-14 at 12:17:58ID: 22001094

Thanks for your input kieran.

Now I'm no expert but port 443 doesn't encrypt just because it is port 443? right? I can redirect any request for a protocol to any port.

It's a working certificate that encrypts isn't it?

If not what would be the point of a certificate?

 

by: kieran_bPosted on 2008-07-14 at 14:53:06ID: 22002469

Correct, it is the certificate - however - IIS, when answering on its SSL port (by default, 443) will use the certificate and then encrypt it.

Try it - untick "require SSL" then go to https://yourserver/exchange - you will see the little padlock in IE, and you will see it is using the certificate.

 

by: wiechcPosted on 2008-07-15 at 17:10:15ID: 31475948

Based on all the articles on the MS website on how to configure owa - which say "TO enable" SSL, this seems counterintuitive.

 

by: kieran_bPosted on 2008-07-15 at 17:19:55ID: 22012284

Grading Comments:
Based on all the articles on the MS website on how to configure owa - which say "TO enable" SSL, this seems counterintuitive.

Response:
You are still confusing the terms ENABLE and REQUIRE.

 

by: gambit_642Posted on 2008-07-20 at 20:13:33ID: 22047857

Same issue, I wrote a .ASP named index.asp which reads the address in the URL
and if the browser is using the HTTP prefix it will redirect to HTTPS.

This ensure that anyone visiting the root directory of the mail server will be forwarded to the HTTPS version of the site (without the 403.4 SSL error which IIS uses when SSL is required).

Only problem is you can still configure the iPhone either way, with or without SSL, and you can manually type in http://myserver/exchange to aviod the script.

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